Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, By Hermann Aurich United Republic of Instituted in January 1862

Instituted in January 1862

with a 98 mm x 130 mm thick card held in place via a string fed through the bottom edge of the armband

her tender being Titania

and Philip's motto "Non Aliud" ("I will have no other") on the back (non-royal knights of the Golden Fleece were forbidden to belong to any other order of knighthood)

Monetny Dvor mint mark and number impressed "121019" on the reverse

Germany, Kriegsmarine. A Coastal Artillery Badge, By Hermann Aurich United Republic of Instituted in January 1862(Kriegsabzeichen fr die Marine Artillerie). Constructed of gilded and silvered zink, the obverse consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, topped by a Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, overlaid by a central coastal artillery gun with waves in the background, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked with the logo of Hermann